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Cimber Sterling Sold To Management, Mansvell

    Bankrupt Danish no-frills airline Cimber Sterling said on Wednesday it was to sell part of the company to former management and another part to former Ukrainian owner Mansvell. The airline declared bankruptcy two ...


EADS Doubles First Quarter Profit

    EADS on Wednesday reported a doubling of first-quarter operating profit to EUR€480 million (USD$613.2 million). The result was buoyed by resilient demand for commercial aircraft and civil helicopters. Revenue cl...



Boeing Studying Higher 787 Production Rate

    Boeing is on track to hit its production rate target for the 787 Dreamliner next year and is studying the possibility of raising that target, the head of the plane maker’s commercial planes unit said. The 78...


Lufthansa May Bid For Portugal’s TAP

    Lufthansa is interested in purchasing Portugal’s flag carrier TAP that is set to be sold this year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Christoph Franz, Lufthansa’s chief executive, told the FT,...



Alaska Airlines Wins Approval for Portland, Ore.-Washington, D.C., Service

New nonstop daily flight to Reagan National will begin by Sept. 8 Alaska Airlines will offer a daily nonstop flight between Portland, Ore., and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport by Sept. 8, following U.S. Department of ...


JetBlue Awarded Slots to Fly New Capital-to-Capital Service Between Washington’s Reagan National Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico

First-ever Daily nonstop service from Reagan National Airport to San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin is scheduled to begin later this year JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Puerto Rico‘s largest carrier (a), was today granted...